Joel Kowalski is no stranger to junkyards. This 29-year-old pattern maker from Muskegon, Michigan, started building custom cars 11 years ago. Early in the game he realized the advantages of scouring ...

We're out for torque, and nothing serves it up like huge cubes and a big arm. Stroking delivers both. Common Chevy 383 and Ford 347 combos have brought strokers to the masses, but there can be more ...

Some of the very first self-propelled vehicles were products of engineers and the curious in private garages and workshops. Within a few decades of the invention of the first car, companies were ...